Empower your Audience
presentation skills
Presenting with Impact and Flow
This is for anyone who would like to use techniques and perspectives from the world of theatre and storytelling to create presentations that empower their audience to take action rather than delivering a list of information for people to listen to.
Why is a presentation so useful?
Because there is an AUDIENCE!
- An attentive, at least for the first 90 seconds, group of people who have agreed to give you the opportunity to present to them.
- An opportunity for you to build trust, share insights and perceptions, exchange ideas in your own personal way and get buy-in, with not just one person at a time but a whole group!
- A group that can be more easily motivated and convinced because of the power of the group mindset that you can create with your audience.
- It’s live! You can entertain, impact, feel the pulse, read the reaction and check in with and adapt to your audience.
but
- The expectation of the audience can create stress and nerves as we may feel judged and analysed. Standing up and speaking in public is still the second most feared situation in the EU after death.
- It’s not a natural everyday situation, so how should it be done? How can you capture the attention of your audience, keep them glued to your presentation? How should you behave? What should you say and in what order?
- Preparation can be long and frustrating. Once you have created your great content and slides, how do you let go of it so you can really engage the audience with your delivery?
Know how and when a presentation can assist you.
Get constructive feedback on your presentations and quickly understand what your potential is.
Learn how to apply simple tips and techniques from the world of theatre and storytelling that help you personalise, engage and hold the interest of your audience and get plenty of opportunity to practise.
Know how to prepare yourself so you feel more comfortable and confident in front of others by leveraging your body language and self expression to liberate your personality.
Know how to prepare your content, with a step-by-step method that you can use for any presentation or public speech which helps you elicit ideas and then shape your content to trigger the interest of your target audience.
Ultimately be logical and attractive to make sure you are understood and get buy-in.
Have a clear plan of what behaviours you need to change and how to change them.
The training map
What can you achieve and how can you personally do it.
What needs to be said, when and where to make the audience feel secure enough to engage, imagine and follow.
What shape should your content take at the beginning to personally engage the audience and inspire them to listen.
What do you need to physically do to build a rapport with your audience and create a sense of interaction and demonstrate that you are listening to them.
How to use your gestures, stance, energy and self expression to support your message.
How to use factual information to help the audience clarify their thinking and create belief.
What will assist your audience and help their understanding.
How to ask for action.
Practice and drill the method of preparation.
How to make it part of the real practice
Timing
in person
This course is usually a 1.5 to 2 day programme if delivered live in person.
With a ratio of 1 trainer to a maximum of 6 participants.
online
5 modules of usually 2 hours if delivered online.
With a ratio of 1 trainer to a maximum of 6 participants.